(Like, no kidding, Coach Nancy.)

As your Coach I am loving the job I get to do each day. I work the most fabulous people around. My primary focus is to help each of you get better.

Which brings me back to It Summer. Cr8 Fitness has always done S3 Sizzlin Summer Slimdown. With Covid hitting out country nothing has been normal, and we are rolling it out later than normal. Whatever. It's just about time we put as much normal into our life as possible. 

If you are anything like me, you probably know more people who have lost weight and gained it all back then those who have lost it and KEPT it off.

Why is that?

It's simple really; dieting works, until you don't diet anymore. If you go "off" your diet and go back to the way you were eating, you can't expect to keep it off. You know that, I know that, and yet we try to do it anyway. It's short term thinking, and it doesn't work.

Creating permanent change is not easy, but it IS possible.

Face it, we don't like change, we don't want to change, and dad gum (strong language alert) you can't MAKE me change! 

You're right. I can't.

But YOU can adopt new habits and practice new skills that lead you to change, pretty much automagically. 

Here's How:

Ok, let's do a little whining:

"But It's Summer Coach Nancy...... I have so many day trips planned and company is coming over for a picnic outside and my nephew has a birthday party and there is a graduation celebration I need to attend and I usually have a few drinks on the weekend and I tend to grill more and my family likes......... (that's a run on sentence that you have to say all in one breath - practice, you'll get it)

If you want to sign up for S3 - sign up for S3. If all those things are really going to prevent you from tackling the program, don't sign up. 

I was talking to Coach Dean this morning, He and I would like to get more focused. We both want to drop a few pounds. We know we need support. And we definitely need a plan. I need it SIMPLE. 

Exercise Smart, Eat Well, Enjoy life! That's the Cr8 Fitness way. 

Coach Nancy

Since we didn't get to celebrate with them in May, I asked each of them to let me know what their favorite training times were or a list of some of their favorite exercises. We're all enjoying the celebration now. I'm sure you remember the recent round of Tabata? That was a favorite of Brians. Donna enjoys games so we've played cards and will soon enjoy Teaming with Toys. Dan....... Well we'll just have to hold you in suspense.

Soon others will join them in reaching a status of training with us for 12 years. Gretchen, Amy, and Mark are right around that corner.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for being in my fitness family. The Cr8 Family is kind of special don't you think?

Coach Nancy

As a kid I didn't eat many veggies. I always had a reason, most of them had to do with color. Yes, to my embarrassment, I often turned my nose up at a food because I didn't like the color of it. While I love the color purple and red, I didn't think you should eat a vegetable grown underground that was any color but orange. Which means I didn't try beets, turnip, rutabaga, parsnips, radish until I was an adult. Sadly I didn't even consider where potatoes came from since french fries didn't remind me of a veggie in any way.

Here is what I like to do now, I like to introduce those I know to try a new food. I've tried many new foods, new ways to prepare them, or new recipes to find that I love them. I've tried a few that I didn't. I wouldn't know unless I tried. 

I've heard it often that you should give everything a try once. (at least when it comes to foods). While I was as stubborn kid, I don't want to classify myself as a stubborn adult. 

Delicious Roasted Turnip- Even a Kid will Eat

• 2-3 turnip, peeled and cut into bite size pieces
• 2 Tablespoons olive oil
• salt and pepper

Place the cut turnip on a pan, drizzle with olive oil. Salt and pepper to taste. Bake in a 400 degree oven for 30-45 minutes. (could be longer if you cut your pieces large) Simple but sooooo soooo sooo good. 

Here is my challenge. Send me proof that you tried some new food this week. It could be a food you like but prepared in a new way. I always love new recipes that you've tried for me. Take me up on my challenge. Hit comment below to show me proof. 

To Your Best Health,

Coach Nancy

As a side note. I cut up the turnip and Coach Dean cooked them up for me. He makes dinner each night so every once in a while I help out. 

The last few weeks have brought many changes into Cr8 Fitness. You've taken them all in stride. New cleaning regimes, new patterns to walk inside the gym, personalized cells to train in, and new training times to work with. In fact you've excelled at Making It Happen so much so that the crew at 5am thought you could handle a challenge. Wednesday is the day for the challenge so that it doesn't interfere with your training. The length of the challenge is just about  the same as your training so I think many of you can give it a go. 

Who's in for this Challenge?

Coach Nancy

P.S. I believe a challenge by other training times to 'help' the 5am peeps might be in order. 🙂

Woot woot for craziness and fast times. While this pandemic has many of us stressed, not all bad stuff is going on. Since my schedule has changed, I've come up with this recipe. It fits into my new work schedule wonderfully. When I let my daughter have a spoonful, she said, "Wow, that's actually good." Coming from a teenager, I felt that was high praise. Make this recipe, try a spoonful and let me know what you think.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Breakfast

• 1 Tablespoon chia seeds
• 2 Tablespoons oatmeal
• 1 scoop Rocky Road UMP protein from Beverly International. (I bet other flavors would taste good too)
• 1 Tablespoon PB Fit (Its a powdered peanut butter, you could use the real stuff too) 
• Enough water to make bring it to pudding consistency once you stir things up

I stir all of these things together and gobble it up. I know it would keep in the fridge overnight if you made it ahead of time. 

I'm going to stay looking on the bright side of life. I've heard all the excuses on why you aren't eating healthy right now. Let's change that. 

To your best health,

Coach Nancy

I'm on my deck soaking in the sounds of a peaceful waterfall while yards from me, my house of over 30 years is being torn down. Calamity or Calm? I'm choosing calm for many reasons. 

I've got encouraging peeps surrounding me. I snapped a picture of the house as it was being demolished and sent it off to a training group in the morning through a texts. Instantly there was music on my phone as replies to my picture poured in. 

Friends, you gotta love them. While I am not sure what the future holds. It could be ice cream, or a pool, or tennis courts, or a greenhouse.  I am sitting outside listening to a relaxing waterfall as the house falls down. 

Thank you for being peeps I can count on in any situation.

Coach Nancy

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I am confident that we will be opening soon. Our Cr8 Family has been wonderful and you are so amazing. You've supported us beyond what this pandemic has brought. Keep Making It Happen.

For the last month or so we've all been "Staying at Home". And yet meeting together on Zoom is working for our training but also for us. Everytime I start a training time, I have all these happy faces looking at me and the show 'The Brady Bunch' comes quickly to mind. Usually somewhere in the conversation with all the laughter and back and forth chatter I am reminded of the silly game show 'Hollywood Squares'. The sweetest time of all is after training when we bring it back into the Middle. (middle being what we called it as we gathered together in the middle of the training gym) The 'Waltons' were a family that as they ended their day they would individually shout out goodnights to each one. As we end our time as a family each training hour, we shout out goodbyes. Thank you for bringing good memories back to my mind. Thank you even more for making great memories as a family.

Enjoy your day today and each day with family and friends. As soon as we can I'd like to get together. We're preparing for that already.​

Until then, lets make the most of each day and Make It Happen!

Coach Nancy